very good , but profane and violent.
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Full Metal Jacket
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Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 17. -
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Extremely graphic, violent Vietnam War film.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 17–18
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What Parents Need to Know
About Full Metal Jacket
Parents need to know that this is an extremely graphic and unblinking look at war, starting with Marine Corps basic training. This movie is not appropriate for kids. There is a lot of very strong language and very explicit violence, much of it shot in slow motion.
Read our full review by Sarah Wenk
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why the Marines are trained so harshly, and how it affects people to go through such grueling treatment. The realities of war, and the parallels to current events are also possible topics for discussion.
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
perfect for pandas over 2
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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War according to Kubrick!
Best War movie EVER!!!! Kubrick nailed it!
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
I find this movie to be fairly overrated. It's still pretty good though. The first half of the movie where they are in the training camp is brilliant, whereas the other half when they are actually in NAM isnt all that great. There is plenty of profanity and graphic violence, as well as some sexual material, though it's not too bad.
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
Great film, not the most graphic war film out there
Excellent war film, I woud reccomend for mid-later teens mainly due to the language, expecially ethnic slurs. Most the characters die quickly, bloodlessly and painlessly at the start. However later several charactes die painfull and bloody deaths (one of the main themes of the movie is the contrast between the illusion and reality of war). While the film is quite violent, there is quite little violence for a war film There is also little sex, with only a few referances to sex. Several characters' names carry sexual connotations such as 'Handjob' and 'Snowball'
- I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it
Not as good as his previous anti-war film, 1957's Paths of Glory, but still a masterpiece.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
good movie
there is way to much language. like the terminology they use like calling girls the n word. they use way too much laguage every word is the F word
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Much more than just a war movie
Much more than just a war movie made by the legendary Stanley Kubrick, it goes into the deepness of the Vietnam war but also it was made buy Kubrick so really its not for the kids
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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